Throwing in the towel for charity

PUB. DATE

September 2001

SOURCE

Cabinet Maker;9/21/2001, Issue 5256, p29

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the towel trade-in initiatives for national children's charity by the company Christy towels in Great Britain. Amount raised by the company; Procedures of the towel trade-in; Citation on Haringey Young Carers Project as the recipient of the donation of Christy.

The article focuses on S.S. Badger, a car ferry-running between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington, Michigan. The Badger was built in 1952 and is the last of 14 Ludington-based car ferries still crossing Lake Michigan. The boat was commissioned by Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and built by...